Bronze medal of a fortified castle with crenelated walls, with a flag flying from the central t…

Niccolò Todini (dates unknown)

Domenico Poggini (Italian, 1520–1590)

Date1585–91

MediumCopper alloy, cast

DimensionsDiam.: 1 13/16 in. (4.57 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2021

Accession number2021.2.24

Commentary

Unless otherwise noted, the dimensions indicate the medal's diameter taken at the widest point.

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Helen of Troy

Attributed to Domenico Poggini

ca. 1560–75

Bronze portrait medal of Pierre Briçonnet

Pierre Briçonnet (d. 1509) and Anne Compaing (dates unknown)

Regnault Danet

ca. 1530

Ulpian Moser and Apollonia Schwerzin (dates unknown)

Matthes Gebel

dated 1530

Bronze portrait medal of Jacoba Corregia wearing a brocade dress, two necklaces, a hairnet, and…

Loan

Jacoba Correggia (dates unknown)

Mantuan School

Probably after 1505

Pattaro Marchese Buzzaccarini (b. 1737) and Elena Sagredo (dates unknown)

Anton Guillemard

ca. 1791

Nicolò Venier (b. 1743) and Eleonora Bentivoglio (dates unknown)

Anton Guillemard

dated 1786

Aurelia Tolomei (dates unknown)

Pastorino da Siena (Pastorino de' Pastorini)

mid-16th century

Lead portrait medal of Giulia Pratonieri as Diana, wearing armor, an elaborate headdress, a nec…

Giulia Pratonieri (dates unknown)

Gian Antonio Signoretti

late 16th century

Philip II, King of Spain (b. 1527; r. 1556–98)

Giampaolo Poggini

dated 1559

Silver portrait medal of Lorenz Staiber, wearing a mustache and curly sideburns, a hat, a high-…

Loan

Lorenz Staiber (1486–1539) and Susanna Einhöring or Stiebarin (dates unknown)

Matthes Gebel

dated 1535

Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Tuscany (1519–1574)

Domenico di Polo de' Vetri

between 1537 and 1569

Alessandro de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510; r. 1532–37)

Domenico di Polo de' Vetri

dated 1534